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TIP OFF: Big Changes at NU
Ready for basketball season yet? Northwestern open up its basketball season Friday when the women’s team visits Chicago State. The Men start Sunday afternoon against Central Arkansas.
Get ready for the season with The Daily’s Tip Off coverage.
MEN’S BASKETBALL: SMALL LINEUP GETS AN UPGRADE
By Adam Fusfeld
The Daily Northwestern
Though coach Bill Carmody is known for teaching players his complex offense, he, like many coaches before him, have not been able to teach size in recent years. The Wildcats did not have a player taller than 6-foot-8 last year after the graduation of 6-foot-10 center Vince Scott, leading to struggles in the physical Big Ten.
So he went out and recruited size.
Joining a squad that remains mostly intact from last season are five freshmen, four of whom are at least 6-foot-8 or taller, something the team did not even have last season. Highly-touted centers Kyle Rowley (7-foot) and Luka Mirkovic (6-foot-11) are two of the tallest players NU has had since Evan Eschmeyer (6-foot-11) graduated and was drafted in the second round of the NBA Draft in 1999. They figure to help reshape a team that struggled last year, especially in the post.
“It will move everyone to more of their traditional position where they should be playing,” said junior Kevin Coble, a forward who was forced to defend bigger players at times last year. “I was playing down low last year, and a lot of our guys were playing out of position. So this will move them to where they should be, and I think it will help us a lot.”
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